As the maritime confrontation between Britain and Germany ended peacefully with mutual concessions, the clouds of war hanging over Europe finally dissipated, and ordinary people with simple minds finally showed smiles on their faces again, and began to continue to bask in the sunshine of peace and enjoy themselves.
They lived a peaceful life, but what they didn’t know was that this crisis, which was resolved through the hard work of the peace-loving Emperor of China and his foreign minister they respected, had completely torn apart the fabric of their prosperous age.
Painted skin.
This is not peace, it is simply adding a fragile shell outside the boiler that is about to explode. With the blazing fire below, the terrifying high-temperature steam is constantly accumulating, waiting for the day when it will be completely released.
After understanding that there was still a huge gap between his maritime power and his ambitions, William first started a new round of maritime expansion, adding ten more battleships and battlecruisers to the previous eighteen, bringing the total to twenty.
Eight ships, because the German shipyards are too busy, they even order from Sweden. If Germany adds ten ships, the United Kingdom will add twenty ships. Fortunately, their shipbuilding industry is large enough. Although the number is large, it is not enough to order from outside.
Both countries require nearly a hundred perfect battleships to be completed in three batches within ten years.
These two ambitious guys shocked the other European powers. If they play this way, no one will survive. If they want to safeguard their own interests in this fiercely competitive world, the only option is to join the arms race.
Nicholas gritted his teeth and added two more ships to each of his three major fleets. Although France was not so crazy, they also increased their perfect battleship construction plan to twelve ships, while his main maritime rival Italy increased
When it reaches ten ships, even Austria-Hungary and Spain have increased it to six ships, and Turkey has four ships. Greece also bought two ships. In the next ten years, the Swedish Young Shipyard alone will receive orders for twenty ships.
That is to say, an average of two ships will be delivered per year in the future. This does not count Yang Feng's own. In fact, because his subsequent battleships need to have centralized fire control, all of them will be built domestically.
Unlike the great powers, China has not announced any new plans, and its goal is still to maintain Emperor Yang's Eighty-Eight Fleet. This has also made Europe, especially the British, relieved. This shows that this person is becoming more and more fearful to them.
It seems that the emperor's ambitions are not too big. It seems that he is only satisfied with ensuring his own security. At most, he can bully the Americans again, and has no intention of challenging the old order.
This is reasonable. China's military and economic development in recent years is nothing more than catalyzed by his capital and technology. It is fast but has an unstable foundation. The initial scale is small and his capital can naturally support it. But now it is like this
The scale is no longer something he can support alone. The whole country must go all out. In this regard, China is still unable to compare with the European powers. Just look at his crazy plundering in the United States and you will know that this
The emperor is now short of money. As long as he is short of money, the European powers can rest assured.
With no hope of foreign aid and the increasing pressure of the coalition forces, the Americans finally humiliated themselves and handed over the first war compensation of 100 million U.S. dollars. The remaining 500 million U.S. dollars will be paid off within five years, plus interest of course.
The last Russian military division in New York finally reluctantly left this city that left them countless beautiful memories. In addition to leaving devastation for Americans, it also left more than 20,000 illegitimate children, which became a memory of an era for Americans.
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This once the most famous city in America and the most prosperous city in the world in the future has been ravaged to the point of death. Almost all the factories were destroyed. The machines were dismantled and shipped to Russia and other countries. The factories were directly burned to the ground. The city was originally
The iconic banking industry has completely become a distant memory. The vaults of all banks are so empty that mice are weeping. Those giants who have performed countless wealth legends have almost gone bankrupt one by one. What about Morgan, Vanderbilt, and even...
Even Rockefeller did not escape the clutches of the invaders.
These three people almost spent all their wealth to save their lives. For example, Vanderbilt, who was short of cash, even had to transfer part of his railroad stocks to the Russians to barely escape. Rockefeller also transferred part of his oil field shares.
, anyway, they dared to knock on the door afterwards, so the coalition did not care too much about it. As for the New York wealthy people at the next level, almost all of them lost their money, and even the DuPont family in Philadelphia lost money.
The tragedy was devastating, and more than half of its major industries were destroyed. This alone was not enough to push them to a dead end. What was even more frightening was that all of these guys had banks in their hands, especially in New York. These banks were emptied and lost.
It’s not just gold, but also credit and debt. The day after all the coalition forces retreated, Citibank declared bankruptcy, Bank of Manhattan declared bankruptcy, Chase Bank declared bankruptcy... Twelve famous banks and financial institutions in just one day
Declared bankrupt.
Fortunately, the Americans breathed a sigh of relief that this nightmare war was finally over. The coalition forces in New York retreated, the coalition forces in Mobile also retreated, and the Chinese Army in San Francisco also retreated. Although they lost Florida,
Alaska was lost, but fortunately the foundation of the United States was not damaged, especially the major industrial centers along the inland Great Lakes. It was not difficult to recover with the strength of the United States. Although it could not develop a navy due to treaty restrictions,
This can also save funds for development. The United States is in desperate need of funds now. When they think that they have a debt of 500 million US dollars, countless Americans feel as if a huge mountain is weighing on their hearts.
In fact, Americans don't know that there is another huge mountain above their heads. The U.S. finance has already been bankrupt. It is impossible for them to pay for this hundred million US dollars themselves. This money was borrowed from British bankers, especially from British bankers.
It was borrowed by the Rothschild family. In addition to the previous borrowings, the U.S. Treasury owes Baron Rothschild more than a hundred tons of gold alone. They have to pay back the gold plus interest for twenty years, so from a certain
In this sense, the United States has fallen into the hands of British bankers.
"This is called everyone getting what he needs. We hollow out the United States, and the British buy the United States. In the end, our essence is the same, carving up this country, but the British's methods are better than ours. From now on, Roscher
Germany is the emperor of the United States. Even if the Americans pay off the compensation to us, they still have to continue to repay their loans. Every ounce of hard work of the Americans will end up in his pocket. The President of the United States will pay for it in the end.
Count on the general manager of the North American branch of the Rothschild Consortium. When their debt to the King of Hell is almost repaid, the worst he can do is to engage in a similar situation again, and then continue to play. In short, this country will always be under his control in the future.
What, what will the Americans do if they don’t repay the British loan? They have to pay back even if they sell PI shares, otherwise the British fleet will come directly to the door. The expansion of wealth in this world must be matched with military expansion. First, wealth expansion takes the lead, and if they don’t obey, then military expansion
Of course, sometimes you can go into battle the other way around. This is the essence of the world. It is nothing more than plunder. From primitive society to robbing women and robbing meat, to modern robbing for gold and robbing resources, it is nothing more than this. It means to put your sharp claws on
No matter how beautiful the pattern is, claws are still claws.
What are the thoughts of benevolence and righteousness? Children, how old are you? The spread of ideas is essentially a kind of expansion, but it is a more advanced expansion, more advanced than the expansion of wealth. This kind of expansion has a very slow effect, but the effect is stable. We are not there yet.
That kind of state is almost ready to start in places we can control. That's why I want to open Confucius Institutes in places like North Korea, Japan, the Philippines, even Hawaii, San Francisco, and Texas to respect the thoughts of saints, but
Do you think I'm dealing with these guys in China?" Emperor Yang hugged his prince and said to Ye Zi.
Among his wives, Her Majesty the Queen doesn't care about anything. She leads the Liu sisters to indulge in the art world and get together every day to study the comics business. The little slave girl Mina has nothing to do but serve the Emperor and make her happy.
There are three people, Ye Zi, Caiyi and Catherine, who are more useful. Caiyi and Catherine take turns taking charge of the industries in Europe and China. Only Ye Zi follows him to engage in conspiracy. She seems to have the potential of Concubine Yi, because she is the biological mother of the prince, so
He was also responsible for the education of His Highness the Crown Prince. Emperor Yang had to correct some of her traditional ideas in advance, otherwise he would be in trouble if he taught his heir badly.
"In other words, the books of sages are all lies, but why can they still be passed down through the ages?" Ye Zi asked.
"It's very simple, because the ruling class needs it, because it can be used to anesthetize the people, make them lose their aggressiveness, and turn wolves into sheep, obedient little sheep. This is the same principle as the way we promote the thoughts of sages outside the country, but it is not
The same thing is that our vision is much broader than theirs. We don't need to anesthetize our people. Instead, we need to cultivate the aggressiveness and predatory nature of our people, turning our people into wolves, and at the same time try to conquer those we have conquered.
Even the countries we hope to conquer turn into sheep, depriving them of their original free thoughts and instilling the thoughts we need. This is the highest level of expansion.
You will be responsible for this job from now on. The goal I hope you can achieve is to spread our Confucianism throughout the world and make every foreigner move towards the goal of becoming a sage. As for the money, you can spend it as you like. It is best to find some
The old academics who read the books of sages and sages until they were deceived by themselves, gave them enough funds to go abroad and educate the barbarians." Yang Feng said.